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How to avoid two paths to trouble: the path of trouble-finders (vv 1-11) and the path of troublemakers (vv 12-19).
We see, in Proverbs 5, four ways to stay off the path of adultery: spot the false advertising (vv 1-6), avoid the consequences (vv 7-14), take the antidote (vv 15-19), and recognize the reality (vv 20-23).
There are three ways Proverbs 4 tells us to pass down the life of wisdom to our children. We pass down wisdom's life by encouraging our children to desire wisdom above all else in life (vv 1-9), to endure in wisdom all lifelong (vv 10-19), and to extend wisdom to every part of life (vv 20-27).
These last nine verses of chapter 3 how we treat our neighbors and why we treat them that way: instructions for being neighborly (vv 27-31) and motivations for being neighborly (vv 32-35).
This passage provides three reasons we should pursue God's wisdom: because it's the best pursuit in life (vv 13-18), because it's elemental to life (vv 19-20), and because it provides security for life (vv 21-26).
This passage shows how we should relate to God as we walk this path of life: we should commit to his direction (vv 1-4), trust in his wisdom (vv 5-8), and value his providence (vv 9-12).
This passage encourages us to treasure God's wisdom (vv 1-4) and gives three benefits that come from treasuring his wisdom and the path it lays out. When you treasure the path of God’s wisdom, you experience protection on that path (vv 5-11), and that leads to deliverance from wrong paths (vv 12-19), and all of this leads to an enduring reward in the end (vv 20-22).
Wisdom encourages us to take her path in four ways: by giving an urgent warning to turn the right way (vv 20-23), describing a foolish refusal to turn the right way (vv 24-25, 29-30), mentioning a ridiculing departure for turning too late (vv 26-28), and showing a definitive difference between these two ways to turn (vv 31-33).
There are three truths in this passage that help us avoid the covetous path and stick to the path of life: the wise path gives life (vv 8-10); the covetous path takes life (vv 10a, 11-14); and the covetous path takes your life (vv 10b, 15-19).
This passage gives three keys to using the Book of Proverbs, which are understanding its purpose (vv 2, 3, 6), its personal plan (vv 4-5), and its point of departure (vs 7).
While worship and evangelism are present on Sundays, the main purpose of the gathering, according to Scripture, is the edification of the members of that local church. The message explores why that is the case.
In order to explain why a local church administers the Lord's Supper, we look at three aspects of the Lord's Supper: it's origins, meaning, and practice. In this message, we hear where the Lord's Supper came from, what it is, and how we should administer it.
In this message we address what baptism is and who should be baptized as we look at what Scripture teaches and explain why there are different views on baptism today.
The clear answer to the title of this message is that Christ is in charge of a local church. But the question remains regarding where you see Christ's authority in the church today. There are three ways we see Christ’s authority in the church today: Christ’s authority is contained in his Word, confirmed by his congregation, and conveyed through his shepherds.
The setting and the four stanzas of this song (a glorious motivation [vv 1c-5], a glorious victory [vv 6-10], a glorious impact [vv 11-16b], and a glorious future [16c-18]) help us think more deeply about what we ought to see and celebrate in God so that we can glorify him as he deserves.
This passage lays out three aspects of a pattern that is found throughout the Bible and that climaxes in its fulfillment in Christ. Those three aspects are that the purpose of salvation is God's glory (vv 15-18), that the path to salvation is through judgment (vv 19-28), and that the response to salvation is faith (vv 29-31).
Through God's salvation of Israel from Egypt, we see the way the LORD saves his people; we see his trustworthiness in salvation (13:17-22), his wisdom in salvation (14:1-4), his sovereignty in salvation (vv 5-9), and his independence in salvation (vv 10-14).